Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
That's everyday surely
North Shropshire by-election
- Thread starter PR1Berske
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That's everyday surely
ruffneck23
front left
Supine
Newt Member
So you hate all parties, you must never like any election results!
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Not that he had much choice, but Oliver James Dowden, Tory party chairman, was very honest on Sky News - 'The voters in North Shropshire are fed-up. they wanted to give us a good kicking...'
ruffneck23
front left
I really detest Nick Ferrari on LBC , but just for once this morning im going to give him a listen 
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Richard Tice, the delusional fool, interviewed on BBC News, claiming it's a four-way marginal with Con, Lab, LD, and Reform UK all in the running.
Plus their candidate has tested positive for covid, which is ironic considering Tice's views on covid.
We can all snigger at Tice too.
5th place, 1,427 votes, 3.7% share.
Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
No my dear aptly named Supine, I'm just grumpy with Sir Keith.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Fantastic to see Martin Daubney and Reclaim doing so well.
John Curtice has argued that 20% of the leave support, across the UK, that backed Johnston in 2019 has now had enough. That’s his red wall beginning to crumble. This does suggest that Brexit is weakening as a political alignment issue and if it has that Johnston’s one trick no longer has weight or votes:
Supine
Newt Member
So, Paterson could have taken the 30 day suspension, had a bit of bad press , unlikely he'd have been recalled, he would probably have retained his seat in the General Election , then retired to the Lords. Instead, Johnson opted for the #shitshow option
It’s a gun and shooting and feet type situation
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
"Salvaging defeat from the jaws of victory"So, Paterson could have taken the 30 day suspension, had a bit of bad press , unlikely he'd have been recalled, he would probably have retained his seat in the General Election , then retired to the Lords. Instead, Johnson opted for the #shitshow option
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's an entitlement situation. Paterson, Johnson, and all the rest of the Tories are operating from a premise that the rules just don't apply to them.It’s a gun and shooting and feet type situation
Looks like they do...at the ballot box
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moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Isn't that less than the number of voters that need to sign the nomination papers?
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
It's worth remembering that you need 10 signatures to get on the nomination paper.
Yeah but people will sign nomination papers even if they've no intention of voting for the candidate. And if you're from outside the constituency or have no base there, you've likely banged on some doors for signatures.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
"Ok if i sign this, will you stop pestering me?"
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no. the ten signatures go on the nomination paper. you need to be nominated by ten people to appear on the ballot paper, which is a markedly different thing.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
A reminder to Labour that by trying to appeal to everybody you appeal to nobody. But I think this lot are incapable of learning the lesson. A bunch of careerists led by a careerist cop but they aren't even any good at their chosen career.
Seemed to work ok for the Lib Dems here tbf
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Yeah but it's just the anti-tory vote it seems. No-one cares what the lib dems stand for (not even the lib dems as far as I can see). You can win a few seats on that but you can't win an election.
It was only ever going to be that kind of a candidate that took this off them though - do you imagine the christian socialist former Labour candidate would have shifted this many voters out of the tory column into his?
not-bono-ever
meh
the
She a loon
